GOOS BioEco portal documentation

This is the documentation for the GOOS BioEco portal and GeoNode. More general GeoNode documentation is available at https://docs.geonode.org/en/master/.

The source for this documentation is hosted at https://github.com/iobis/bioeco-docs.

How to:

1. Register your GeoNode account

Register as a new user or data provider at the top right hand corner of the GeoNode GOOS BioEco homepage. You will be prompted to complete basic details such as an email address, username and password.

User account and profile

After the details have been completed, you will be signed in and redirected to the homepage with your username indicated on the top right hand corner. An arrow next to the username provides a drop down menu with basic user and account options. From the Profile page, personal information and options can be added and changed. Interaction with other users is possible by Message User or Invite Users

2. Add monitoring programs

Navigate to the Profile page. A few options are available to upload specific data and data types. To create and upload a new monitoring program, select Upload new layers. Alternatively, select Upload Layer from the Data drop down menu.

Upload your shapefiles by dragging and dropping them to the upload area, or upload them from your device by using the Choose Files option.

Select the correct charset option for your documents and click Upload files.

The permissions panel can be used to set permissions for other GeoNode users to view, download and edit your uploaded data.

The default options for viewing and downloading data is set as Everyone, meaning any GeoNode user.

In order to protect your data, specific users or groups must be specified to be able to change metadata, or edit and manage your data. If no user/ group is specified, the default for these functions will remain with the owner user only. The upload status will be visible at the top of the Upload page along with a time stamp of when the layer was created and the progress. Once the upload is complete, click on the Name of the layer, which will be identical to the name of the files uploaded.

The provided metadata detail can be viewed by selecting Metadata detail:

3. Editing metadata

By selecting Editing Tools on the right hand panel, the matadata, styles and the spacial data layer can be edited, removed and managed.

To edit, or add to the spatial layer select Edit data under Layer.

Select Advanced Edit under Metadata to provide necessary information about the uploaded program. Provide a Title and an Abstract with additional information about the program.

By default the Owner will be indicated as the user that uploaded the data. Maintenance frequency refers to the frequency at which the site is maintained, visited or observed.Temporal extent start and Temporal extent end indicate the dates at which the program was implemented or started, and when it ended, if it is not ongoing.

The EOV’s studied at the locations of the monitoring program can be selected from a drop down menu under Eovs. Multiple selection of EOV’s is possible.

Provide the levels of Readiness requirements, Readiness coordination, Readiness data according to the options provided in the drop down menu. For more information regarding the classification and description of levels, see A Framework for Ocean Observing.

The Project website can be given as URL in the space provided. The Point of contact for the program and data as an institutional email address.

4. Add additional Attributes

Navigate to Create a new layer under Profile. Provide a name and title for the new or edited attributes, as well as the Geometry type used. Click Create. Alternatively, select Create Layer from the Data drop down menu.

5. Upload additional documents and files

Navigate to Upload new documents under Profile. Provide a Title for the document to be uploaded. Alternatively, select Upload Document from the Data drop down menu.

Upload the file from your device and provide a URL for the where possible. Select the monitoring program that the newly uploaded document should be associated with by navigating to the program title under Link to. Click Upload.

6. Create a new map

Navigate to Create a new map under Profile. Alternatively, select Create Map from the Maps drop down menu.The interactive map (©OpenStreetMap contributors) is a useful tool for creating maps with new spacial data or by using data from an existing monitoring program on GeoNode GOOS BioEco. It further enables the user to perform basic functions such as measuring physical distances and browsing locations or coordinates.

A. Add Layers to a map. Select the monitoring program from which a layer should be imported onto the map. Alternatively, see C.

B. Use the Search tool to navigate to specific locations or search for a location using coordinates. The latter option will provide fields to input latitudinal and longitudinal values. Click the Settings icon under Search by coordinates to select either decimal or aeronautical coordinate input.

C. The Options drop down menu is used to print or save a newly created map. Select Catalog to browse and choose a monitoring program to load onto the new map. Measure distances, areas or bearings on the map in various units by selecting the desired options. Click and drag the computer mouse to continue drawing a line or polygon. The resulting measurements or polygons can be exported to GeoJSON or added as a layer by selecting the icon.

D. Map options allow for easy navigation and zooming on the map. Query objects on map by selecting the destination/ location icon and clicking on the object of interest on the map.

E. The bottom toolbar presents the scale of the map, which can be selected from the drop down menu or by zooming in or out on the map. The actual coordinates of the location at which the mouse point is positioned, is showed. In this toolbar, the preferred Coordinate reference system (CRS) can also be selected.